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title: "what is Spawn/ 1l3 and Spawn_link 1l3?"  
description: "what is Spawn/ 1l3 and Spawn_link 1l3?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-06-25  
updated: 2020-09-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2662/what-is-spawn-1l3-and-spawn_link-1l3  
category: "erlang"  
tags: ["functional programming", "concurrent programming", "erlang"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# what is Spawn/ 1l3 and Spawn_link 1l3?

**Spawn/ 1l3:** It creates a new process and return its pid. In system scheduler queue, the new process is placed so that it runs some time later.**\****Spawn_link/1l3:** It provides the same functionality as spawn/1l3 but with the addition of a link that is atomically created between the newly spawned process and the caller.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

**Spawn/ 1l3:** It creates a new process and return its pid. In system scheduler queue, the new process is placed so that it runs some time later.**\****Spawn_link/1l3:** It provides the same functionality as spawn/1l3 but with the addition of a link that is atomically created between the newly spawned process and the caller.


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